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cremnophobia

cremnophobia noun: a morbid fear of abysses or precipices.

Noun

cremnophobia (uncountable)

  1. A morbid fear of abysses or precipices.

cremnophobia meaning in Tamil

cremnophobia in Tamil

செங்குத்துப் பாறை வெருளி

Origin of cremnophobia

From Ancient Greek κρημνός (krēmnós, “cliff”) + -phobia. Compare rare Ancient Greek κρημνοφοβέομαι (krēmnophobéomai).

Questions about cremnophobia

What does cremnophobia mean?
Cremnophobia means a morbid fear of abysses or precipices.
What is cremnophobia in Tamil?
Cremnophobia in Tamil is செங்குத்துப் பாறை வெருளி. See Cremnophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cremnophobia?
Cremnophobia is a noun.

Words near cremnophobia in the dictionary

  1. Cremins
  2. Cremnitz
  3. Cremnitz white
  4. cremnobate
  5. cremnobates
  6. cremnophobia
  7. cremnophyte
  8. cremnophytes
  9. cremnophytic
  10. cremocarp
  11. cremocarpia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cremnophobia (page history and authors); cremnophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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